Rescued Chibok girl sent for rehabilitation

Mohammad Hayyatu, the self-acclaimed husband of a rescued Chibok girl, Amina Ali Nkeki, has been taken into military custody for interrogation, The Nation learnt yesterday. The young mother will be sent to a special rehabilitation centre.

Hayyatu is being treated as a suspected Boko Haram terrorist. Intelligence officers have been grilling him. Hayyatu might be separated with Amina and her baby for life if he is found culpable of dastardly conduct as a Boko Haram “commander”. For security reasons, the 19-year old Amina will be put in a rehabilitation facility with her mother to enable her take care of her baby. It was gathered that a rehabilitation facility has been built for strategic victims of Boko Haram, especially the Chibok girls.

A top military source said: “Hayyatu is being treated as a Boko Haram commander and he is being interrogated at a military facility. He is a suspected insurgent and if he is culpable of all these atrocities, he will face trial accordingly. Read more